About Bonnie and Clyde
American criminal couple Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) had a combined wealth of $10,000. Bonnie and Clyde are the most renowned and infamous couple in history. They stole America’s imagination with their adventure, love tale, and brutality up until their demise in 1934.
Two notorious Texas bank robbers, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, were known as the Joplin Gang in the early 1900s. In the early 1900s, Texas was the place of birth for both Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. In order to raise her three children when her father passed away in 1914, Parker’s mother worked as a seamstress. Parker, who was always a strong student, enjoyed writing and reading poetry as a hobby that she continued into adulthood.
Clyde Barrow was born into a low-income farming family and began committing crimes at a young age, when he was just 16. Barrow was given a prison term at Eastham Prison Farm in April 1930 after turning to armed robberies and auto theft. Barrow killed his first person in Eastham, beating another prisoner to death after sexually assaulting him.
Bonnie and Clyde Engage in Criminal Activity
Prior to his imprisonment to Eastham in January 1930, Parker and Barrow first spoke. They were reunited after his release on parole in 1932. They established the Barrow Gang and began robbing shops, gas stations, and the occasional bank with the assistance of a shifting group of family and friends. Barrow shot two police officers in August 1932 outside a dance in Stringtown, Oklahoma. He shot the sheriff during the attack, injuring him, and murdered a deputy, the first of nine lawmen who were killed that were ascribed to the Barrow gang.
Bonnie and Clyde Become Notable
Five police officers from Joplin, Missouri, were searching for possible bootleggers in April 1933 when they came onto the Barrow Gang’s hideout. A shootout that ensued resulted in the deaths of one cop, one officer being wounded, and one member of the gang. Guns and several personal items, including a camera and a number of rolls of film, were left behind by the thieves as they made their getaway.
The Joplin Globe created and released the movie, which became national front-page news. The now-famous photographs of the gang having fun with Parker sassily posing with a rifle and a cigar tickled the public’s fancy and helped the group become famous.
Bonnie and Clyde’s Demise
Barrow orchestrated an Eastham Prison Farm breakout in January 1934, which helped some of his friends escape. This prompted the hiring of former Texas Ranger Captain Frank Hamer by the state and federal governments to find the Barrow gang once and for all. After tracking the gang’s travels for several months, Hamer arranged an ambush for Parker and Barrow on a country road in rural Louisiana in May 1934. After two days of waiting, Parker and Barrow were finally spotted driving down the road in a stolen automobile by Hamer and his posse on the morning of the 23rd. The couple was shot by the police, killing both of them and ending their epic crime spree.
